The Wing And The Wheel chords by Nanci Griffith

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro/ Riff:

e|----------------0----------0----------0----------------------------2-----------|
B|-----------3----------3----------3----------------------3----------------------|
G|-----0--------------------------------------0-----0-------------0--------------|
D|--------0----------0---------------------------------2-------2-----------------|
A|------------------------------2------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------3-----0-------------------------------|



e|-------------------0----------3----0-----0--------------------------------2--------|
B|-3-----3-----1----------1-------------1-------1----------------3-------------------|
G|----0-----------0----------0---------------------0-------2-------------2-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------0-------0---------------|
A|----------0--------------------------------------------0---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

play each chord holding down the third fret on the high e string
♫ Verse 1:
 G                    Em
The wing and the wheel, oh, they carry things away
            Am7
Whether it's me that does the leavin'
       D
Or the love that flies away
G                                   Em
The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight
              Am7
Oh, there's a chunk out of its middle
D
Big enough for an old fool to hide

Riff:

♫ Verse 2:
G                         Em
Where are all the dreAmers that I used know?
           Am7
We used to linger beneath street lAmps
       D
In the halos and the smoke
         G                          Em
Then the wing and the wheel cAme to carry thEm away
             Am7
Now they all live out in the suburbs
            D
Where their dreAms are in their children at play

Riff:

♫ Verse 3:
          G
There's a pale sky in the east
        Em
All the stars are in the west
        Am7
Oh, and here's to all the dreAmers
        D
May our open hearts find rest
G                                Em
The wing and the wheel are gonna carry us along
               Am7
And we'll have mEmories for company
D
Long after the songs are gone

Riff as ♫ Outro: